[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Three years ago we bought an ancient derelict building in Briancon and turned it into 6 modern apartments. I got really involved in the building work which included helping to lay a new roof which was 100ft up (but I'm a climber so enjoyed that). I learnt to use a circular brick saw, nail guns, angle grinder and circular table saw and although I loved it' the things I couldn't do was carry heavy loads or lift and move weighty things and I didn't have the strength to knock down walls with a sledge hammer.

I always believed that I could do any job a man could do but six months of that sort of manual work really did me in; I just didn't have the same physical strength that a man does. I respect any woman who gives this sort of job a go but I think some jobs are definitely mans work.

A very good and realistic answer.I've done loads of manual work and it's tough going for a man too(even though we don't usually admit it).It's unfair to expect women to do things that they are not physically capable of.Women give birth.I've witnessed that twice and god knows i would'nt wanna do it.I think we should all accept the differences and let women be women and men be men.